Have a read through some of our achievements we’ve made during 2016.

Have a read through some of our achievements we’ve made during 2015.

Publication of “Leo escapes from the lab” Leo is an ex-laboratory cat who now serves as an ambassador to the millions of animals used in research every year. He has become somewhat of a ‘celebricat’ with his own  Facebook page and an adoring fan base that grows day by day. With

Maximum Tolerated Dose Maximum Tolerated Dose is the first feature-length documentary by Decipher Films. Equal parts found-footage mash-up, verite investigation, and artful meditation, the film charts the lives of both humans and non-humans who have experienced animal testing first-hand.  In February 2013, HRA hosted a visit by director Karol Orzechowski and

Product testing With the proposed European Union ban on the sale of animal-tested cosmetics scheduled for March 2013, HRA joined with international groups to instigate a worldwide campaign against product testing. HRA had the issue published in The Punch. Primates The primate importation campaign progressed with Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon introducing a

Interview on The Kerri Anne Show HRA was given the rare opportunity to be interviewed live on The Kerri Anne show to discuss controversial chimpanzee experiments in the United States. Whilst we were very limited by the questions asked and the time allocated, this was a unique opportunity to raise

Kitty McSporran Saves the Animals – with the help of her magic cape ‘Kitty McSporran Saves the Animals’ was written by one of our members and HRA covered the cost of publication. This colourful story book is aimed at a much younger audience and addresses this taboo subject in a

Art and Poetry competition Our Art and poetry competition was a strategy to get secondary school age students to consider animal experiments. The entries received from across Australia confirmed to us that there is very little knowledge about animal research in this age group but it is heartening to see

Green Ribbon campaign HRA initiated Green Ribbon Week in 2008, to highlight the existence of research methods that avoid the use of animals and to promote these alternatives as the most effective and humane strategy to eliminate human diseases and provide safer medicines. Green Ribbon Week is celebrated in April